Device for cleaning windows.



W. BOSS & F. M. PINSKA.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING WINDOWS` APPLICATION FILED ocr.22. I9I5.

yPatenmi oct. 17,1916.

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WILLIAM BOSS, F ST.`PAUL, .AND FLORA IVI. PINSKA, OF'WI-II'IE BEARIJAKE, MINNE- SO'IA; SAID BOSS ASSIGNOR TO SAID PINSKA.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING WINOWS.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM Boss and FLORA M. IDINSKA, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul and White Bea-r Lake, respectively, each inthe county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Cleaning Windows, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to'devices for cleaning windows and has for its object to provide a folded sheet metal holder secured to the end of a iexible handle, the metal of said holder being formed with a' rounded forward edge and flat sidesy for holding a cloth, in position against the window pane,

the rear edges ofthe `holder beingformed with points or other devices for engaging and securing a cloth over the holder. This device is designed to be usedwith a strip of cloth of any desired fabric such as toweling which is formed in a strip without buttonholes or sewing of any sort and which is caught at one end upon one side of the rear edge of the holder and carried over the forward portion of the holder, drawn tight thereover, and caught adjacent the other end upon the other rear edge of the holder.

The full objects and advantages of our invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof andare particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of our invention in one form, Figure 1 is a front elevational View of our improved window cleaning device. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the cleaning cloth attached. Fig.l 3 is a sectional elevational view'taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are views similar to Fig. 1 of modiications of the same device. l

In the form of cleaner shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a long sheet of metal 10 is doubled over, forming a rolled edge at 11 and two Specification of Letters Patent. Patented @et 17, 19160 .Application led October 22, 1915.

Serial No. 57,276.

one end to one set of serrations 19 and is brought about the rolled edge 11 and secured at the other end by the serrations 20. In both cases these serrations are caused to penetrate the fabric and so hold the cloth in place. The cleaner thus provided is entirely fila-t and provides a workin surface on both sides of the device. ,Han le 14 is also provided with a hole 32 in the end thereof by whlch the cleaner may be hung up when not 1n use. Y

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the body 22 is attached to the handle 23 in eX- actly the same manner as in the form shown slightly varied forms of -serrations 24 and 25 are employed which are much narrower` and would be more suitable for heavy fabric. In this case the outer serrations 25 are bent outward to provide for an easy attachment of the fabric. These same serrations 33 may be made to extend beyond the other serrations 34 for the same purpose, as is clearly shown in Fi 6.

Thefmodication shown in Fig. 5 is quite similar to that shown in Fig. l and also comprises a pair of plates 26 and 27 bent over at 28 and attached to a handle 29. Two distinct sets of serrations 30 and 3.1 are here employed which make it very convenient to attach the fabric cleaner. Serrations 30 are all on plate 26 and occur near the outer edges of the same. Serrations 31 are all on plate 27 and occur between the outer edges thereof and the handle 29. These serrations may be in-groups of one, two or three, as desired, and it can readily be seen that the corresponding serrations of the respective sides alternate and so permit the fabric to be attached with greater ease since the fabric can be merely drawn across the serrations and will hence be engaged by them. A Y

This cleaning device has the advantage of being capable of employing any kind of cleaning member without preliminary preparation and renders the same readily and quickly attachable and detachable to the cleaner. The extreme simplicity of the device makes it impossible to get out of order and permits it to be inexpensively constructed.

We claim:

1. A device for cleaning windows comprising, `an elongated relatively straight handle, and a holder secured to one end of said handle `comprising connected plates secured in parallel relation upon each side of said handle, the lower edges of said plates being formed with serrations.

2. A device for cleaning windows, comprising an elongated relatively straight handle, a holder secured to one end of said handle comprising connected plates secured in parallel relation upon each side of said handle, the lower edges of said plates being formed with serrations, and a strip of cloth extending around the front portion of said plates and having its ends held by said serrations.

3. Adevice for cleaning Windows, oomprising a flat-sided handle, a strip of sheet metal bent double and extending on each side of said handle and secured thereto so as to form a pair of substantially parallel holder plates Connected by a curved bend at the forward end thereof, and cloth-engaging points formed upon the two ends of said plate at each side of the handle.

4. A device for cleaning Windows, comprising an elongated ieXible handle, a sheet metal plate bent double and extending on `each side of said handle and secured thereto,

each of the inner adjacent edges of said plate being serrated to form cloth-engaging points, and a strip of cloth extending over said late and having its ends secured and held by said serrations.

5. A device for cleaning windows coinprising a liatsided handle, a strip of sheet metal bent double and extending on each side of the handle and secured thereto so as to forni a pair of substantially parallel holder plates connected by a curved bend at the forward end thereof, cloth -engaging points formed upon the two ends of said plate at each side of the handle, said points being in alternation to permit the cloth being drawn over the same for engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BOSS. FLORA M. PINSKA. TWitnesses:

F. A. WHITELEY, .H. A. BowMAN. 

